timlub

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Customs delay from China. How long should I reasonably wait?
I’ve had items get caught up in customs. Most items arrive between 10 days and 3 weeks, that one arrived in 7 weeks. Wasn’t the sellers fault.  
Giving Advice without recommending your own equipment
Still I find 1, 2 and 3 better than some answers that I've seen here, so many chime in based on perception rather than real experience, but I very much do appreciate people that have heard gear and give comparisons and their opinion.   
My First Stereo. What Was Yours?
1979.... Kenwood L07C Pre, Gas Grandson of Ampzilla, Kenwood, KD600, Audio Technica AT1010 arm, Akai GX M50 cassette, Technics SB7070 speakers. Started working at CMC Stereo. Employee purchased all of direct from manufacturers   
Excellent Solid State or Hybrid Monoblocks Recommendations
@jaymark .  The 2000's are better  
Excellent Solid State or Hybrid Monoblocks Recommendations
SST Ampzilla 2000 mono blocks  
3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it?
1500 is upper midrange. If you do a search for frequency chart of musical instruments,  you should find what you are looking for.  Erik,  I have built using buttererworth, bessel, linkwitz riley and chebyshev. I believe that you were looking for b... 
Integrated amp w/decent headphone out under $5k
Sorry, it is a pre, you can buy them used under $4000  
Integrated amp w/decent headphone out under $5k
I like everything about my SST Ambrosia.  Great phono and headphone amp  
Adcom pre amp versus Van Alstine
Thus is probably not fair because I have not heard that model of VA. I am commenting because of some of the comments about Adcom. I have heard all of their pre's and consider most poor. However the GFP750 is a fine preamp, No other Adcom is in the... 
Technics SL-1310 Mk2
I have one that is beautiful,  I've been putting off replacing power supply and speed regulation caps as well as the cueing mechanism.  I'll  get to it soon  
Happy Holidays to All
Merry Christmas  Audiogon Fam!  
Do all Class D amps lack soundstage depth?
I have built no less than a dozen class D Amps. They vary dramatically in presentation To be fair, I always increase capacitance, replace any caps on the input and bypass the rest of the caps when possible.  I also add a bank of caps between the s... 
No sneering Please
I have built 4 over time. To be fair. I typically do a fair amount of work on them. My latest is quite good.   
Purchase on Audiogon arrived not as described
It is most likely that the seller did sell a quality product with good intentions.  It is also likely that the seller was clueless of how to package the speakers to ride undamaged.  Terrible situation.  If my scenario is correct, the seller would ... 
True high-end Speakers need a midrange
Also, this tweeter does a great job crossed very low. http://www.bliesma.de/products.html   T34A